1821 CRIMEA TARTARS antique illustrated Notes of Crim Tartars Manners & Customs

[CRIMEA].

HOLDERNESS, Mary.


Notes Relating to the Manners and Customs of the Crim Tartars;
Written During a Four Years’ Residence Among That People.

London: John Warren; 1821

THE UNCOMMON FIRST EDITION OF THIS ACCOUNT OF THE CRIMEAN TARTARS


 Illustrated with frontispiece and 2 hand-colored plates.

168 pp. 


Original half calf over marbled boards, rebacked in later tan calf, burgundy gilt morocco lettering label

 Spine and boards worn, some foxing


Text in English

Size: 4.5 by 6"
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The author lived in the village of Karagoss in the Crimea for 4 years, from 1816 to 1820, and these tales were taken from her letters home. All aspects of village life are reported, from marriage customs and hunting practices to styles of building

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